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The Black Crackers: Atlanta’s Negro League Baseball Legacy
Though the story of the Atlanta Crackers is well-known, for years, the story of the Atlanta Black Crackers was largely untold.
Story
Though the story of the Atlanta Crackers is well-known, for years, the story of the Atlanta Black Crackers was largely untold.
Curated Experiences
Take a closer look at the remarkable gems of the Cherokee Garden Library.
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Atlanta’s history of influential and entrepreneurial women includes Adelle Bartlett Harper, the first woman to own and operate a florist shop in Atlanta in 1921.
Kenan Research Center
Our museum collections preserve and tell the stories of all of Atlanta and the region.
Archival Collections
Atlanta’s urban development, and political and social history are well documented through thousands of photographs from photojournalists and corporate photographers, primarily dated 1930-1990.
Archival Collections
African American history in Atlanta is documented in the Kenan Research Center’s strong collections of civic and political leaders, photojournalists, and oral history resources.
Archival Collections
Kenan Research Center’s military history collections document the Civil War, World War I, and World War II; as well as an oral history collection featuring over 600 interviews with veterans of foreign wars, including World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars.
Archival Collections
Kenan Research Center collects institutional records and personal papers that document Atlanta’s political and civic history.
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Rural communities, industrial complexes, Native American sites, along with agricultural land uses assist in telling the rich story of how our country developed.
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Postcards often offer a glimpse into gardens and landscapes of the past.
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